New challenges in the work with street children and youngsters
by Cristina PADEANU Ana-Iuliana DOBRESCU PARADA Foundation, Romania Working with street children and youngsters, especially supporting them in the areas where they live, requires from the professionals well developed skills to adapt to the everyday changes. Almost 16 years of working on the street challenged the street workers from Parada, but in their opinion, in ... More >>
Romano Sastipen & SRAP
The Fundación Secretariado Gitano activities completed drug prevention program “Romano Sastipen.” This program funded by the National Plan on Drug works with the European Programme SRAP prevention and awareness of the Roma youth, reducing substance use and delaying the age at onset of minors. The work is developed through specific recreational activities and workshops, ranging ... More >>
Seminar on Motivational Interviewing and Lifeskills approach to Drug Prevention and Education
The seminar is organised in the framework of the Work package 5 of the project. WP5 is dedicated to the design and implementation of an intervention for the prevention of early drug use. The intervention will use the life skills approach, balancing the provision of drug-specific information with the opportunity to develop values and skills ... More >>
Focus Group with stakeholders in Bologna
By Elisa Cavalcaselle Comune di Bologna Last month the Municipality of Bologna managed a focus group with the stakeholders, to update everyone and discuss together the first results of the SRAP project’s research-action, in order to capture the emerging needs in the Sinti and Roma areas and begin to think how to build a transferable model ... More >>
Opening of the Day Centre for Drug Addicts in Novo mesto
Following the initiative of the Local Action Group for the prevention of addiction (LAS) Novo mesto, the reception and day centre for drug addicts has started its operation in Novo mesto. The idea to establish the centre has been taken into effect during the summer months. The mayor of the Municipality of Novo mesto supported ... More >>
In Bologna, the initiative “Building a transitional labour market”
In the territory of Bologna, the Srap Project has joined an existing network made up of other projects and organizations dealing with Roma and Sinti people in both local and international level. In particular, 27 to 29 September 2011 a meeting was held in Bologna in Roma-net project, which was attended by all the staff ... More >>
